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Historical Event on 8/16/1933
Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 2/3/1977 | Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering. |
| 6/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/7/1885 | Madhav Narayan Joshi, comedy drama writer, was born. |
| 6/7/1974 | Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999. |
| 4/18/1918 | Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash. |
| 5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
| 12/16/1998 | The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests. |
| 5/3/1959 | Sadhvi Uma GulabSingh Bharti was born in Dunda, Distt. Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 12/14/1936 | Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away. |
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